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Sunday, May 14 KING VAULTS AND THROWS ITSELF INTO CIF FINALS
Sprinkled throughout many of the other events were solid efforts. The girls 4x100 team finished 14th overall (top 9 qualify in all events) at a year's best of 49.90. Carissa Bowman saved the best for last with a PR and King #2 time of 5:17.65. She was 18th on the day. The girls 4x400 team ran a solid 4:08.51 time, improving off of their 4:11 qualifying mark from League. Brittany Thurman just missed an automatic bid in the high jump. She cleared 5-2, but finished in 10th as the first alternate into CIF Finals. Diedre Russell had a good afternoon in the shot, throwing beyond 35'. Danny Stark got over 12-6 in the vault, but did not qualify.
Thursday, May 4 MAJESTIC '06 FINALS FOR KING
With as many quality track and field athletes as the Ivy League boasts of, to come out on top with an individual league title is quite an accomplishment. King took home four champions. Robert Malone capped his terrific senior season with a victory in the shot put. His mark of 51' 1.25" was off his personal best, but it was good enough to outdistance the field. Pavel Minenkov battled through an injured back to win on less misses over teammate Danny Stark at 12'-6 in the pole vault. Pavel's title is the fourth in a row for King, as Mark Johnston ('05 & '04), and Jimmy Kirkemo ('03) were the past three winners. The third King to wear the crown, Vivian Ibewiro, won the triple jump by hop, skipping and jumping to a mark of 33' 10.5". Carly Sjogren finished the winning at the end of the evening with a stirring 3200 meter race in which she latched onto the lead pack from the get-go and then deftly moved away with 800 meters, running to a personal best of 11:51. Her victory in the event marks the fourth straight year that a King girl has won the 3200; Megan Fairley ('03), Morgan Sjogren -- Carly's older sister ('04) and Kristina Moore -- who set the league record at 11:30.34 --('05). Quite a string! (Wierd twist: Morgan Sjogren won the Ivy League title in 2002 while running for North - she came to King as a soph -- so is that five in a row? Your call!) Behind the champions, great efforts and marks characterized a great day for the King kids. John Ashley qualified for the CIF preliminaries in the 1600, as did Matt Cummins in the 3200, who led a contingent of King long-runners who finished their season well. Nash Gill and Patrick Gonzalez both ran PR's in the 8-lap race. Carissa Bowman finished second in the 1600 meters in what turned out to be a crazy race as there were three lead changes in the final lap! Monika Valenzuela ran King's fourth fastest 800 time ever (2:26.42) but finished 4th in what was a very fast field. After battling injury early in the season, it was a great effort for the junior. Sara Strasbaugh and Jodi Mettler both ran seasonal bests in the same race that saw five of the eight racers dip below 2:31. King's hurdlers had a great day, on purpose and by accident. As two false starts in the girls 100 HH took out two of the league's top hurdlers, Krystle Solomona and Brittany Haynes seized an opportunity in a more open field and snagged 3rd and 5th place medals respectively. Allene Finch, who has had a stunning last three weeks of improvement, continued the course she's been on with King's 4th fastest 300 LH mark at 49.17 and a 5th place finish. On the boys side, Chris Belfield and Sam Jeter had great outings, the two finished .02 apart, with Belfield's 42.03 a tie of the School Record set by Jon Barilone back in 2002. Jamie Jelks launched himself like a circus act in the long jump, surpassing his previous best in the event by a whole foot! His school record setting leap of 21' 10.25" was still only good enough for third in the loaded Ivy League. Teammate Rashad Bias finished out of the top three but still qualified for CIF by besting a rigorous "at large" standard. In the vault, it was virtually all King on both sides. Sky Macdonald and Stephanie Karas finished 2nd and 3rd on the girls side while Ryan Sibley completed the King sweep behind Minenkov and Stark on the boys' side. Brittany Thurman battled in the high jump after a leg cramp in her take-off leg started; she still managed to finish second overall, with a clearance of 5-0 on her third and final attempt. Jasmine Simpson jumped a PR at 5-0 to finish her season off on a high note. King's top throwers had their typical fine outings. Robert Malone's league title in the shot was backed up with a second place throw in the discus. Diedre Russell was the runner up in the shot. In the sprints, the girls fared well. Autumn White ran King's 5th fastest all-time mark in the 200 and Julie Lambert ran King's #4 all time 100 meter dash time at 12.76 to medal in fifth. Amber Mooney finished 5th, Anna Duffy 6th and Tiffany West 7th in what was an abnormally slow field of the 400 (only the winner eclipsed 60 seconds). So all in all, it was quite an afternoon and evening, culminating King's second season in the competitive Ivy League. Four individual titles, numerous PR's, and everyone involved giving their best on the final day. It is, ultimately, what sports is all about.
Thursday, April 27 JV GIRLS SLAM DOOR ON UNDEFEATED SEASON; ALL LEVELS WIN LAST DUAL Arlington posed the last obstacle to several significant outcomes on the 2006 dual meet season. For the varsity teams, wins would bring the highest victory count in a season in the school's history (9 for the girls, 7 for the boys). For the JV girls, a win would put them atop the victory stand as the undefeated league champions. After a cold and cloudy afternoon of competition, King walked away victorious on all accounts. The JV girls scored the first shutout in school history, not allowing the Lions even a nibble of a point, 107-0. Tifinnie Baumann and Bekah Fairley started the blowout in the 3200, and Katy Coggins and Natalia Gardner finished it up in the pole vault. Though Arlington was unable to field much competition, the Lady Wolves nonetheless put forth fine efforts on what would be for many of them, their last contest of the season. The JV boys were not pressed with much more than the girls, as Arlington managed to score only 12 points in this match. At the varsity level, both the boys and girls scores were just as lopsided as the JV's. The boys won 107-29, and without a serious push in most of the events, the marks and times reflected a more leisurely pursuit of victory. 90 points separated King and Arlington's girls at the varsity level. Deidre Russell upped her own school and stadium record in the shot put with a heave of 53'11". Friday, April 21 BOYS CRUISE; GIRLS CLOSE AGAINST CANYON SPRINGS Rebounding from losses a week ago, the boys varsity won easily against the Cougars of Canyon Springs, while the girls battled to a close, 12 point victory. The JV's split the contest, with the boys going down to defeat and the girls winning, to effectively lock up the JV league title with a win over Arlington next week. The girls got things rolling with an 8-1 victory in the first event, the 3200. Carissa Bowman and Carly Sjogren did the duties there, but Canyon Springs' relay team followed up with a close victory despite a great 50.44 time by King's foursome. From there, the two teams played a virtual tag-team exchange of event victories, as Canyon Springs won the 100, 200, 800, high and long jumps. But it was a flury of second and third place "victories" that pulled King out on top. Monika Valenzuela and Jodi Mettler battled for the four combined extra points in the 800, Brittany Thurman and Jassmine Simpson went 2-3 in the high jump, Krystal Solomona and Brittany Haynes did likewise in the 100 hurdles. Allane Finch won the 300 version of the hurdles. A sweep of the 1600 in the closing minutes of the meet by Carissa Bowman, Carly Sjogren and a hard-charging Larissa Davis helped push the meet over into King's favor, as well as a 1-3 finish by Stephanie Karas and Sky MacDonald in the vault. The final score was 74.5 to 61.5. Scoring was more lopsided on the boys side, as the Wolves went home winners 86-50. Things started well with a victorious short relay and a sweep of the 1600. Canyon Springs battled back with a sweep of their own in the 110 Hurdles, but a healed Rashad Bias made his presence known again with victories in the 100 dash and the triple jump. Pavel Minenkov attempted a school record in the pole vault but settled for a victory at 13-0, while Ryan Sibley finished in second. Matt Cummins and Alec Fillmore went 1-2 in the 3200, and Robert Malone and Colin Munroe scored 12 points between the two of them in both throwing events. Canyon Spring's JV boys squad was their only group who was able to secure a win on the day, taking that contest 74-58. They won 9 of the events. It went the other way for the girls, as the Lady Wolves won easily, 95-29. Sunday, April 16 ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Robert Malone again sparkled in the outstanding senior season he's put together, with an earned IE Championship in the shot put and a fourth place throw in the discus. The Fresno-bound senior has truly risen to the occasion of a final year. Not to be outdone in the final farewell category is and was John Ashley who ran a tick faster in his 1600 PR, running well just 48 hours after a tough distance triple against North, to finish fifth. Junior Sam Jeter set a new school record in the 110 high hurdles with a fine 15.65 clocking to knock Corey Everett off the coveted leader board. Danny Stark vaulted 12-6 to finish 4th, while Matt Malcuit follewed on Malone's heels with a 7th place finish in the shot at 45-5.5, and a 5th place discus finish. On the frosh-soph level, Joe Gilliland had a fine day in the shorter sprints, while Patrick Gonzalez put together a competitive 4:43, 6th place finish in the 1600 and doubled back in the afternoon with a 10:26 clocking in the 3200, scoring twice for the Wolves. Sophomore Chris Salas ran extremely well in the 3200 also, dropping his PR by 13 seconds! At the other end of the spectrum, the 110 high hurdles, Chris Belfield went 16.89 for 4th place, and finished 3rd in the 300 hurdles. Ryan Sibley won the pole vault at 11-6, while Colin Munro matched his double victories in the King Frosh Soph Classic on April 1st with two winning throws here. With so many outright event titleists and top 6 finishes, the boys frosh soph team finished 3rd overall, while the boys varsity finished 6th overall in fields of over 22 teams a piece! Quite a day! On the girls side, things were just as bright. Amber Mooney had a fine day (again), running 61-flat in the 400 to score, and helping the two relays to tremendous seasonal PR's 50.25 and 4:07.55! The marks were also the third-fastest in school history. The 4x400 squad of Mooney, Brittany Rue, Monika Valenzuela and Anna Duffy dropped 8 seconds off their best this season and finished second behind the meet champion Rancho Verde. Monika Valenzuela ran the school's fifth-fastest 800 time at 2:29 while Carissa Bowman and Brittany Schuette also altered the 1600 all-time list with PR's of their own in wonderfully paced efforts over four laps. Carly Sjogren scored in the 3200. Thurman placed fourth in the high jump and Cossette Deslonde scored there as well (7th), Stephanie Karas tied for second in the vault and teammate Sky McDonald finished fourth at 8-6. At the girls' frosh-soph level, things were a bit tougher and the Lady Wolves found themselves in the scoring on a rare occassion. Jasmine Simpson was second in the high jump and Brittany Ciupek continued her fine vaulting with a third place score. Vivian Ibewiro finished 5th in the triple jump and Lacey Russell was third in the discus. The girls varsity would end up finishing fourth overall, while the frosh soph girls finished 10th. So all's well that ends well. A tough week ended on a high note, and the team finds a little momentum heading into the final 14 days. Friday, April 14 KING VARSITY OUTDONE BY NORTH; JV'S WIN EASILY
Brian Deslonde was left alone in the lead cadre of sprinters as injuries, quitting and failing to show up for the bus left Brian to do the work in the shorter races. A patchwork 4x100 team was coddled together to little avail, but when it came time to go it alone, Brian did his best. He pushed the North sprinters in the 100 keeping them honest, and then snagged a second place in the 200. John Ashley had a similar day for King, working hard to secure as many points as possible in the distances, one of North's weaknesses. He staged a come from behind win in the 1600 (Jeremy Baugus and Pat Gonzalez helped to sweep up the event) then came back and ran a personal record in the 800 to finish second, and then at the meet's end, on very tired legs took second in the 3200 -- scoring 11 points on the day. The throwers had another fine day, sweeping the discus and going 1-2 in the shot. Jamie Jelks and Nathan Bradshaw leaped to second and third place points in the horizontal jumps. Despite strong efforts, however, it was not enough to pull out a victory. North's girls team has not lost a league title in well over a decade and it showed again today. King's girls weren't going to go down without a fight however, as evidenced by Carissa Bowman's gritty victory in the meet's first event, the 3200 meters. Shadowing North's runner for almost the full 8 laps, the two broke into a ferocious kick that Carissa was able to maintain to the finish line to run 12:17.49. Her second mile split ended up being almost 18 seconds faster than the first! But from there, the North sprinters took over, easily winning the relay, sweeping the hurdles and going 1-2 in the 100. Brittany Rue ran the fastest 400 of her life to win in 1:00.75. Brittany Thurman had a good day in the high jump going 5-2, her best of the season. Amber Mooney battled in the 200 to snag third by a lean, while Brittany Schuette won the 1600. Like with the boys, the solitary efforts were in vain in a team setting, and the girls lost by a score of 83-48. The JV contests were another story all together, as North is as weak at this level as they are as strong at the varsity. King's girls won 79-33, winning more than half of the individual events. The boys won by almost the exact score, 78-31. Sunday, April 9 STRONG EFFORTS ON THE BIG STAGE The Arcadia Invitational has become one of the top three, if not the top mid-season high school invitationals in the country. With 24 states represented and at least two foreign countries with athletes wearing uniforms, the meet can rightly proclaim itself the biggest dance in town, if not the entire country. Athletes have to be good to get into the Friday evening and Saturday day-time events, you have to be one of the nation's very best to get into the Saturday night events. King had 15 athletes make the cut and though they did not collectively turn in their fastest or best performances of the year, the stage was big enough to bring out solid efforts.
Sunday, April 2 2nd ANNUAL KING FROSH-SOPH MEET A CLASSIC
Amber Mooney set the stage for the girls squad with one of her finest days in her short career. She PR'd in winning the 200, took fourth in the 400 at 1:02, and became the poster child for Anchor Legs in both relays as she took the baton with ground to make up to victory and did both times with exciting flair! Carissa Bowman set a new stadium record in the 1600, taking down King's Megan Fairley ('04) record of 5:25.74 by two-hundreths of a second! The talented Soph would come back later to finish third in the 800. Julie Lambert won the century with a 13.40 clocking. Allane Finch and Allison Mills both scored in the 300 hurdles and 3200 meters respectively, earning a medal for their efforts. Brittany Ciupek won the pole vault at 7-0, her first-ever victory in track! On the boys' side, Brian Deslonde had another fine Classic day, as he did in the inaugural meet a year ago. Brian finished fourth in both the short sprints and helped the 4x100 relay team to a fourth place finish, but set a meet record of 19-05 in the long jump to win his fourth medal on the day and out-leap second place in the event by a full foot! Marques Lea was second in the 400 while Patrick Gonzalez locked himself into a great dual with Kelly of Granite Hills in both long distance races. Patrick ended up victorious in the 1600, while Kelly had the better 8th lap in the 3200 and won that event. Patrick ended up with 18 points on the day. 20 points were earned by Colin Munroe who won both throwing events. Ryan Shibley, like Brittany Ciupek before him, captured the vault victory with an 11-00 mark. It was indeed a successful outing for the King kids. Both squads scored over 100 points. Full Results (team scores at the bottom of the linked page) Dyestatcal.com coverage Friday, March 31 GOOD KNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
The Knights took first and second in the 1600, 800 and 3200 and shored up the middle two legs of the Eagles' victorious 4x400. Despite valient efforts by John Ashley, Jeremy Baugus, Nick Ehret and Trevor White to break up the tandem the two scored 40% of La Sierra's total. Baugus came closest in the 800 as he was leading with 300 to go, but got passed at the line after a furious Spencer kick got him. King's boys still had some good marks and moments of glory as they tried in vain to keep up with the Eagles. Nathan Bradshaw went over 6-1 in the high jump and Danny Stark vaulted 13-0 to win the vault. Larue Naea ran in the low-eleven-second range to win the 100, while Matt Malcuit and Colin Munroe both threw the shot over 45' but didn't score in a dynamite and deep shot put score card. In the triple jump, the top three placers were extremely close, with Bradshaw tying with La Sierra's Clancy for first with a hop-skip-jump of 40-6.5 and Jamie Jelks finishing third only one inch behind the two leaders! In the end the rays of light were not strong enough and King fell to La Sierra, 72-64. The girls were not challenged. Less-than-stellar performances took over the meet as the Lady Wolves looked over their shoulders in most events and saw daylight. That didn't keep Deidre Russell however from taking down one of the school's oldest records. Russell heaved the shot a school record of 35' 10.25" and broke Ashley Hearle's record set way back in 2001 of 35' 9". Julie Lambert won the 100 meters dash in a great time for the youngster, 12.8. The girls won the meet handily, 105-32. The JV boys lost a close one and the JV girls won as easily as their varsity teammates. Saturday, March 25 BURNIN' BATONS; FALLING RECORDS
The boys 4x1600 got things going well with a shattering of a 3 year old record, dropping the mark 19 seconds and setting a new meet record of18:48.80 in the process. With only Jeremy Baugus of the four (John Ashley, David Galante and Patrick Gonzalez completed the team)setting a personal record in his 1600 leg, it makes one wonder how fast this crew can really go. Friday, March 24 HURDLES AND FIELD EVENTS SAVE THE DAY
Robert Malone upped his own school record in the shot for the second time this season, heaving the heavy ball 55-7. Matt Malcuit secured third, and then the two would go 2-3 in the discus to win 10 of their 18 event points. Across the field in the pits, Jamie Jelks, Rashad Bias and Nate Bradshaw combined to win 21 of 27 possible points, while Pavel Minenkov, Danny Stark and Ryan Sibley were sweeping the 9 points in the vault. Quite a day for those in the field! S omewhat of a surprise, but a welcome one, was the sweep of both hurdles races, as Sam Jeter, Chris Belfield, Spencer Brady and David Gonzalez combined to do duty for 18 points. The winning score was 75-61. The girls varsity had an easier go of it, winning in a comfortable margin of 84-52. Carly Sjogren and Brittany Schuette got things started well with a 1-3 finish in the 3200, and their teammates went on to sweep 3 events (400, 200 and discus) and 8 points in the high jump. Deidre Russell came close to setting a school record in the shot with a full foot improvement off her school #2 best. She also won the discus with a 93-4 throw. Monika Valenzuela continued her comeback from injury with her second fine 800 outing in less than a week, taking third in the event at 2:36. Allene Finch won the 300 hurdles, her first-ever victory. The JV contests were quite lopsided and quite close, with King winning the boys 71-38, but narrowly taking the girls, 66-59. Madelyn Mooney helped the cause by winning both the 400 and the 200. On the boys side, Ryan Sheehan won the 800 and the 1600 and Kyle Nugent had a PR in the pole vault to win the event at 8-6. To close out the evening, almost under the cover of darkness, the boys won the 4x400 in a time of 4:16. Sunday, March 19 A GREAT DAY GOING THE DISTANCE
The Distance Carnival is known for being a meet for fast times, and the King girls didn't waste any time making the 2006 version do it's yearly duty. Carly Sjogren, Brittany Schuette, Mary Griesinger, Allison Mills, Rebekah Fairley and Tifinnie Baumann all ran their fastest 2-miles ever, and all in the first three races of the day. Carly especially found joy in erasing her mark of 12:14, which had rested comfortably on the all-time list for two years by going 12:03. She would be one of several athletes who would produce a fine double on the day, later she'd run 5:32 in the 1600, also a break from her 2-year old PR. In fact, dynamite doubling seemed to be the headline of the day. Larissa Davis PR'd in both the 800 and the 1600, running King's 6th fast 800 time in history at 2:31. Ryan Sheehan, coming off 2 years of struggling through injuries and enjoying a nice revival in the first three weeks of the season, put it all together with his first-ever sub 5:00 mile and a 2:14 half! Amber Mooney ran King's second-fastest 400 meters in history then came back to throw down a 5:44 mile -- the talented sophomore is the epitome of versatile! Jamie Steffin went 2:47 in the 800 then came back with a 6:13 mile. Alec Fillmore was on fire with tenacious racing through the mile and 2 mile, running his second PR of the week in the 3200, (10:16.43) then coming back in the 1600 to run a PR in 4:50! In both races, he led for much of the way. Alicia Miller had a moment to shine as she won her 1600 heat in 6:08, a 14 second drop in her season's best. Tatianna Balcazar followed suit with a 30 second drop in her best 1600 time, as did Jenna Kordic, Este Arias and Haley Hammar who are now 30 seconds faster than they were against Chaparral three weeks ago! Sara Strasbaugh came close to setting a new 9th grade school record in the 800 at 2:35.19. Jason Schupp continued his weekly improvement in the 3200 with a wonderful 11:42 effort, followed by Ethan Park and Hayden Traver, both of whom eclipsed 12:00 for the first time. The school record in the 1600 meters was broken by John Ashley who screamed through four laps to go sub-4:30, (4:28.70 for the record) the first time any boy at King has done so in 7 seasons. Jeremy Baugus moved to number 2 all time on the 800 list with a fine 2:01 effort. The seeded "invitational" 3200's traditionally close out the end of the meet, truly saving the best for last. As Patrick Gonzalez took the gun to start the 8 lap race with some of the finest frosh-soph distance runners in the Section, the heavens took the same cue and opened up with a torrential downpour that would soak the final three races. Despite the rain drops dancing off the track, Patrick ran his first-ever 3200 meters in almost perfect fashion, coming by the mile split in 5:03 and closing with a 5:02 to run King's 5th fastest 3200 ALL TIME! His ferocious last mile pulled him from near the back of the 25 man field to within medal contention in the final 400. His closing 67 second lap got him across the line in 7th place and with the fastest 3200 meter debut in King history! Jeremy Baugus and Matt Cummins came next in the meet's final event, and with even heavier rains the two slogged their way through the boys varsity 3200 invitational. Cummins struggled a bit on an "off day" but Baugus put the finishing touches on his great double effort this day with a 10:01.53 time, King's 4th fastest all time and a huge lifetime best for the senior. The day had been a spectacular one before the deluge, but the monsoon wasn't strong enough to wash away the records. Another great day going the distance! CLICK HERE FOR FULL RESULTS
Thursday, March 16 GIRLS WIN RECOUNT OVER CHINO HILLS
After a slow start in which Chino Hills and Los Osos combined to take the first five places of the opening 3200 meter event, King found itself with an uphill climb at Los Osos, nestled appropriately at the base of Mt. Baldy in Rancho Cucamonga. But Amber Mooney, Brittany Thurman, Julie Lambert and Tiffany West got the trek started with a winning effort in the 4x100. Deidre Russell helped out by improving her shot best-ever to win that event, and Los Osos helped crowd out the Huskies of Chino Hills taking two of the remaining 3 scoring spots. Amber Mooney would go on to have a truly fine day, scoring 10 points outright in winning the 400 and 200, and aiding in the second place 4x400 relay event at the end of the meet. Carissa Bowman and Larissa Davis notched 8 critical points in the penultimate event, the 1600 meters, with both girls doing the work of leading into a head wind. Roxanne Franco of Chino Hills shadowed the two for all four laps, biding her time and moving solidly into second with 50 meters to go. Davis had other plans though, and kicked past Franco with 20 meters left to take second with a lean. (The move was strangely reminiscent of Kellye Lazarus doing the same thing to Franco in the 4x400 in 2005) An exciting finish for the two talented sophomores! After a 9 point win in 2005, this nail-biting, recounting victory is one for the history books. The final, recounted score: King 64, Chino Hills 62.5 and Los Osos 39.5. The boys did equal battle, but fell to a very deep and talented Husky squad whose sprinters ruled the day. King was shut out of the 100, and scored only 2 combined points in the 200 and the 400. Robert Malone earned 10 points by winning both throw events, upping his discus best with a toss just under 150 feet. John Ashley, Matt Cummins and Jeremy Baugus took home five points a piece in each of the distance events while Jelks and Brown went 1-2 in the high jump and worked with Nate Bradshaw to take the top three finishes in the long jump. After five events however, King found itself down by 18 points and the gap was too large to bridge by the meet's end. Chino Hills, firmly in the driver's seat throughout, won going away 75-60, with Los Osos in third at 35.
Sunday, March 12 WINTER STORM NIXES MEET BUT NOT BEFORE RECORD LEAP A cold winter storm put the brakes on King's efforts at the Rancho Verde Relays of Champions. A few events into the meet the brutal cold and wind forced a decision: Brave the elements for an early season relay meet and risk injury, or pack it up and head for warmer days unscathed. After the 4X100's the coaching staff opted for the latter and headed for home. With Ivy League action only two weeks away it wasn't worth the chance of anybody getting hurt. The boys long jump relay was one of the few events to complete before quitting time, and it was a good thing it did as Brian Deslonde went 19-5, Nate Bradshaw went 19-7 and Jammie Jelks went 19-9 to finish in second place with a total of 58-9.5 and set a new school record in the rarely contested relay. Our girl's shuttle hurdle team of Brittany Haynes, Krystal Solomona, Amanda Hoffert and Kyla Davis ran a 1:17.02 for fifth while the boys team of Matt Webber, Chris Belfield, Spencer Brady and Sam Jeter ran around 1:10.58 for sixth. The boys 4x100 relay of Deslonde, Rashad Bias, Andrew Lazarus and Larue Naea ran third in 44.4. The Wolves were really off to a great start but the weather was more condusive to injury than anything else. Thursday, March 9 SHARKS AND BULLDOGS THROWN TO THE WOLVES
Rashad Bias announced his arrival in a big way by dominating several events. The basketball star showed his athleticism by dropping BELOW 11 seconds in the 100 with the wind at his back, nearly eclipsing his own school record in the triple jump and came within a half inch of setting a new school record in the long jump at 21'2.5"! What a day for Rashad. Nathan Bradshaw launched the fourth longest long jump in school history at 20' 9" and scored in the triple as well. The boys 4x100 team ran King's fourth fastest time in history to win that event. Robert Malone improved his own school record in the shot for the second week straight, winning in a heave of 52'1.75". Jeremy Baugus ran a lifetime best (and fourth fastest in school history) in the 800, hammering a negative-split 63-61 two lap effort to win going away. John Ashley won with a similar effort in the 1600 and Andrew Lazarus put in a superb effort in the 200 to win in 23.8. The boys' varsity collective effort was one obviously for the record books, but given the doubts some harbored about the relative inexperience of this crew, the meet was a coming of age experience and bodes well for an unexpected season of surprise. The girls varsity counts even fewer returning letter winners than the boys and with only 10 seniors on the whole squad, youth runs in spades for the Lady Wolves. That didn't deter the girls however, as they too took the fight to their opponents and in nearly every event competed with great desire, spirit and success, ultimately winning with 77 points to Hemet's 54 and Santiago's 39. The 4x100 team of Brittany Thurman, Brittany Rue, Amber Mooney and Jillian Lambert notched King's fourth best time in history with a 51.22 victory. That race was followed by the 1600 in which Carissa Bowman and Brittany Schuette went 2nd and 3rd between two of Santiago's best. Schuette would finish the night with an epic dual in the 3200 with Santiago's Marx (the winner of the 1600) racing side-by-side with her through seven-and-a-half laps before Marx eventually pulled away to victory. Schuette's 12:20 time was one second off a lifetime best for the junior and near King's all-time list. Anna Duffy won the triple jump, a new event for the mulit-talented athlete and Deidre Russell won in the shot and placed second in the discus to score 8 points on the day. On the JV level, the effort and victories of the varsity was matched. Charlie Alvarez took home two wins, in the 800 and 1600 and was shadowed in both by Ryan Sheehan who put together a fine meet of his own. Jason Sevey won the 400 in a time of 56.5 and Marcel Smith won the 200 in a fine 24.0. The boys won 79 to Hemets 65 and Santiagos 21. Kings JV girls dominated the meet, winning by almost 40 points over Hemet. Lauren Antrim, Alicia Miller and Bekah Fairley combined to go 1,2,3 in the 3200 and Janet Padilla threw the discus 61 to take the event. Sara Strasbaugh showed shes not long for the JV level with wire to wire wins in the 800 and 1600.
Friday, March 3 SEVENTH SEASON STARTS SUCCESSFULLY
The Pumas and the Wolves split the 16 events in the boys varsity matchup, with both teams taking first in eight events. Jeremy Baugus had a fine outing winning both the 1600 and the 3200 races that book-ended the meet. His 1600 time of 4:43.09 was good for fifth all-time at King. John Ashley ran King's 6th fastest 800 time in our seven seasons to secure first in the event. LaRue Naea ran 11.2 in the 100 while Brian Deslonde and Marcus Lea took first and third in the long jump. Both guys are sophomores and competed well in their first varsity-level competition. Continuing the fine season of throwing that King enjoyed in 2005, Robert Malone, Matt Malcuitt, Colin Munroe and Steve Kruckenberg worked together to sweep both throws and change in a radical way the all-time top five list at King. Robert Malone's shot put heave set a new school record!. King won by a comfortable 75-60. 72-63 was the slightly closer winning score for King's girls varsity. Amber Mooney helped score 15 points in both long sprints and the anchor of the winning 4x400 relay. Brittney Thurman notched 10 points in winning the 100 and the high jump, while the team welcomed the arrival of talented Britteny Rue who in her first meet finished second in the 400 and 200 -- not bad for a rookie! Brittany Schuette had the opportunity to shine with a killer kick in the 1600 to secure third and then hammered a closely contested last lap in the 3200 to pull away for the victory. Only one point separated the two schools in the JV girls, as Chaparral won 62-61. The Pumas secured 9 first place victories to the Wolves' 7, but it was a lot of seconds and thirds that kept King close. Sara Strasbaugh was one of those who battled for two third place points in the 1600 and 800, a fine first outing for the freshman. Bekah Fairley and Jenna Kordic scored 4 points combined in the 3200. Tiffany West won the 400 in 1:07.6 and then came back to win the high jump. King's boys JV team lost as well by a close margin, 59-68. Ryan Sheehan had a good debut after battling injuries for the last calendar year. Danny Campogasso finished first in the shot put and second in the discus to score 8 points.
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